Charles Ellicott Commentary Deuteronomy 6:16

"Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah." — Deuteronomy 6:16 (ASV)

You shall not tempt the Lord your God. — In the Septuagint, You shall not tempt, and so where our Lord used it against the tempter (Matthew 4:0 and Luke 4:0).

As you tempted him in Massah. — How did they tempt Him in Massah? By raising the unbelieving question, Is the Lord among us, or not? (Exodus 17:7).

Even by the side of Satan on the giddy pinnacle of the Temple, our Saviour refused to doubt the care of Jehovah. He would not throw Himself from there into the arms of the angels to escape Satan, but He endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

To this standard of action Israel was called in the face of the powers of evil. But it was not always realised.